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Day of the year
December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 25 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1904 –
Theodore Roosevelt articulated his
"Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine , stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
1907 – A
coal mine explosion at
Monongah, West Virginia , kills 362 workers.
1912 – The
Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
1916 –
World War I : The Central Powers
capture Bucharest .
1917 –
Finland declares independence from
the Russian Empire .
1917 –
Halifax Explosion : A munitions explosion near
Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the
largest artificial explosion up to that time .
1917 – World War I:
USS Jacob Jones is the first American
destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is
torpedoed by German submarine
SM U-53 .
[8]
1921 – The
Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in
London by British and Irish representatives.
1922 – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the
Irish Free State comes into existence.
1928 – The government of Colombia
sends military forces to suppress a month-long
strike by
United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
1933 – In
United States v. One Book Called Ulysses Judge
John M. Woolsey rules that
James Joyce 's novel
Ulysses is not obscene despite coarse language and sexual content, a leading decision affirming free expression.
1941 –
World War II :
Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied secret agents for the war.
1956 – A violent
water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the
1956 Summer Olympics in
Melbourne , against the backdrop of the
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 .
1957 –
Project Vanguard : A
launchpad explosion of
Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a
satellite into Earth orbit.
[9]
1967 –
Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.
1969 –
Altamont Free Concert : At a free concert performed by the
Rolling Stones , eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by
Hells Angels security guards.
1971 – Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 .
1973 –
The Twenty-fifth Amendment : The
United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm
Gerald Ford as
Vice President of the United States . (On
November 27 , the
Senate confirmed him 92–3.)
1975 –
The Troubles : Fleeing from the police, a
Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a
six-day siege .
1977 – South Africa grants independence to
Bophuthatswana , although it is not recognized by any other country.
1978 – Spain ratifies the
Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
[10]
1982 – The Troubles: The
Irish National Liberation Army
bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in
Ballykelly, Northern Ireland , killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.
1989 – The
École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre):
Marc Lépine , an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the
École Polytechnique in
Montreal .
1990 – A military jet of the
Italian Air Force , abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire,
crashed into a high school near
Bologna , Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people.
[11]
1991 –
Yugoslav Wars : In
Croatia , forces of the Serb-dominated
Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of
Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months.
1992 – The
Babri Masjid in
Ayodhya , India, is
demolished , leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.
1998 – in
Venezuela ,
Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.
1999 –
A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. : The
Recording Industry Association of America sues the
peer-to-peer
file-sharing service
Napster , alleging
copyright infringement .
[12]
2005 – An
Iranian Air Force
C-130 military transport aircraft
crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of
Tehran , killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground.
2006 –
NASA reveals photographs taken by
Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid
water on Mars .
2015 –
Venezuelan parliamentary election : For the first time in 17 years, the
United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.
2017 –
Donald Trump 's administration officially announces
the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel .
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1608 –
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle , English general and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1670)
1637 –
Edmund Andros , English courtier and politician, 4th
Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1714)
1640 –
Claude Fleury , French historian and author (d. 1723)
1645 –
Maria de Dominici , Maltese sculptor and painter (d. 1703)
[14]
1685 –
Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (d. 1712)
1721 –
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes , French minister and politician (d. 1794)
1721 –
James Elphinston , Scottish philologist and linguist (d. 1809)
1732 –
Warren Hastings , British colonial administrator of India (d. 1818)
[15]
1752 –
Gabriel Duvall , American jurist and politician (d. 1844)
1778 –
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac , French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
1792 –
William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
1803 –
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (d. 1829)
1805 –
Richard Hanson , English-Australian politician, 4th
Premier of South Australia (d. 1876)
1812 –
Robert Spear Hudson , English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1884)
1823 –
Max Müller , German-English philologist and orientalist (d. 1900)
1827 –
William Arnott , Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of
Arnott's Biscuits (d. 1901)
1833 –
John S. Mosby , American colonel (d. 1916)
1835 –
Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig , German chemist (d. 1910)
1841 –
Frédéric Bazille , French painter and soldier (d. 1870)
1848 –
Johann Palisa , Austrian astronomer (d. 1925)
[16]
[17]
1849 –
August von Mackensen , German field marshal (d. 1945)
1853 –
Hans Molisch , Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (d. 1937)
1853 –
Haraprasad Shastri , Indian historian and scholar (d. 1931)
1863 –
Charles Martin Hall , American chemist and engineer (d. 1914)
1864 –
William S. Hart , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
1872 –
Arthur Henry Adams , Australian journalist and author (d. 1936)
1875 –
Albert Bond Lambert , American golfer and pilot (d. 1946)
1875 –
Evelyn Underhill , English mystic and author (d. 1941)
1876 –
Fred Duesenberg , German-American businessman, co-founded the
Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932)
1878 –
Elvia Carrillo Puerto , Mexican politician (d. 1968)
[18]
1882 –
Warren Bardsley , Australian cricketer (d. 1954)
1884 –
Cornelia Meigs , American author, playwright, and academic (d. 1973)
1886 –
Joyce Kilmer , American soldier, author, and poet (d. 1918)
1887 –
Lynn Fontanne , British actress (d. 1983)
1887 –
Joseph Lamb , American pianist and composer (d. 1960)
1888 –
Will Hay , English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
1890 –
Dion Fortune , Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (d. 1946)
1890 –
Yoshio Nishina , Japanese physicist and academic (d. 1951)
1890 –
Rudolf Schlichter , German painter and illustrator (d. 1955)
1892 –
Osbert Sitwell , English-Italian captain, poet, and author (d. 1969)
1893 –
Homer N. Wallin , American admiral (d. 1984)
1893 –
Sylvia Townsend Warner , English author and poet (d. 1978)
1896 –
Ira Gershwin , American songwriter (d. 1983)
1898 –
Alfred Eisenstaedt , German-American photographer and journalist (d. 1995)
1898 –
John McDonald , Scottish-Australian politician, 37th
Premier of Victoria (d. 1977)
1898 –
Gunnar Myrdal , Swedish sociologist and economist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1898 –
Winifred Lenihan , American actress, writer, and director (d. 1964)
1900 –
Agnes Moorehead , American actress (d. 1974)
1901–present
1901 –
Eliot Porter , American photographer and academic (d. 1990)
1903 –
Tony Lazzeri , American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)
1904 –
Ève Curie , French-American journalist and pianist (d. 2007)
[19]
1905 –
Elizabeth Yates , American journalist and author (d. 2001)
1907 –
John Barkley Rosser Sr. , American logician (d. 1989)
1908 –
Herta Freitag , Austrian-American mathematician (d. 2000)
1908 –
Pierre Graber , Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th
President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2003)
1908 –
Baby Face Nelson , American gangster (d. 1934)
[19]
1908 –
Miklós Szabó , Hungarian runner (d. 2000)
1909 –
Rulon Jeffs , American religious leader (d. 2002)
1909 –
Alan McGilvray , Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1996)
1910 –
David M. Potter , American historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)
1913 –
Karl Haas , German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (d. 2005)
1913 –
Eleanor Holm , American swimmer and actress (d. 2004)
1914 –
Cyril Washbrook , English cricketer (d. 1999)
1916 –
Yekaterina Budanova , Russian captain and pilot (d. 1943)
1916 –
Kristján Eldjárn , Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd
President of Iceland (d. 1982)
1916 –
Hugo Peretti , American songwriter and producer (d. 1986)
1917 –
Dean Hess , American minister and colonel (d. 2015)
1917 –
Kamal Jumblatt , Lebanese lawyer and politician (d. 1977)
1917 –
Irv Robbins , Canadian-American businessman, co-founded
Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008)
1918 –
Tauba Biterman , Polish Holocaust survivor (d. 2019)
1919 –
Skippy Baxter , Canadian-American figure skater and coach (d. 2012)
1919 –
Paul de Man , Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (d. 1983)
1920 –
Dave Brubeck , American pianist and composer (d. 2012)
[19]
1920 –
Peter Dimmock , English sportscaster and producer (d. 2015)
1920 –
George Porter , English chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
1921 –
Otto Graham , American football player and coach (d. 2003)
[19]
1921 –
Piero Piccioni , Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (d. 2004)
1922 –
John Brunt , English captain,
Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)
1922 –
Benjamin A. Gilman , American soldier and politician (d. 2016)
1924 –
Wally Cox , American actor (d. 1973)
1927 –
Jim Fuchs , American shot putter and discus thrower (d. 2010)
1928 –
Bobby Van , American actor, dancer, and singer (d. 1980)
1929 –
Philippe Bouvard , French journalist and radio host
1929 –
Nikolaus Harnoncourt , German-Austrian cellist and conductor (d. 2016)
1929 –
Frank Springer , American comic book illustrator (d. 2009)
1929 –
Alain Tanner , Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2022)
1930 –
Daniel Lisulo , Zambian banker and politician, 3rd
Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2000)
1931 –
Zeki Müren , Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1996)
1932 –
Kamleshwar , Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2007)
1933 –
Henryk Górecki , Polish composer and academic (d. 2010)
1933 –
Donald J. Kutyna , American general
1934 –
Nick Bockwinkel , American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2015)
1935 –
Jean Lapointe , Canadian actor, singer, and politician (d. 2022)
1936 –
Bill Ashton , English saxophonist and composer
1936 –
Kenneth Copeland , American evangelist and author
1936 –
David Ossman , American writer and comedian
1937 –
Alberto Spencer , Ecuadorian-American soccer player (d. 2006)
1938 –
Patrick Bauchau , Belgian-American actor
[20]
1939 –
Franco Carraro , Italian politician and sports administrator
1940 –
Lawrence Bergman , Canadian lawyer and politician
1940 –
Richard Edlund , American visual effects designer and cinematographer
1941 –
Helen Cornelius , American country singer-songwriter and actress
[20]
1941 –
Bruce Nauman , American sculptor and illustrator
1941 –
Richard Speck , American murderer (d. 1991)
1941 –
Bill Thomas , American academic and politician
1942 –
Peter Handke , Austrian author and playwright,
Nobel Prize laureate
1942 –
Robb Royer , American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter
1943 –
Mike Smith , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2008)
1943 –
Keith West , English rock singer-songwriter and music producer
1944 –
Jonathan King , English singer-songwriter, record producer, music entrepreneur, television/radio presenter, and convicted sex offender
1945 –
Shekhar Kapur , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
[19]
1946 –
Frankie Beverly , American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
[20]
1946 –
Willy van der Kuijlen , Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2021)
1947 –
Lawrence Cannon , Canadian businessman and politician, 9th
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1947 –
Henk van Woerden , Dutch-South African painter and author (d. 2005)
1947 –
Miroslav Vitouš , Czech-American bassist and songwriter
1948 –
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé , Central African politician,
Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (d. 2014)
1948 –
Don Nickles , American businessman and politician
1948 –
Keke Rosberg , Finnish racing driver
[21]
1948 –
JoBeth Williams , American actress
[19]
1949 –
Linda Barnes , American author, playwright, and educator
1949 –
Linda Creed , American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
1949 –
Doug Marlette , American author and cartoonist (d. 2007)
1949 –
Peter Willey , English cricketer and umpire
1950 –
Guy Drut , French hurdler and politician
1950 –
Joe Hisaishi , Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor
1950 –
Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke , Scottish journalist and politician,
Secretary of State for Scotland
1951 –
Wendy Ellis Somes , English ballerina and producer
1951 –
Maurice Hope , Caribbean-English boxer
[22]
1952 –
Nicolas Bréhal , French author and critic (d. 1999)
1952 –
Craig Newmark , American computer programmer and entrepreneur; founded
Craigslist
[23]
1952 –
Shio Satō , Japanese illustrator (d. 2010)
1953 –
Sue Carroll , English journalist (d. 2011)
1953 –
Gary Goodman , Australian cricketer and coach
1953 –
Geoff Hoon , English academic and politician,
Minister of State for Europe
1953 –
Tom Hulce , American actor
[20]
1953 –
Masami Kurumada , Japanese author and illustrator
1954 –
Nicola De Maria , Italian painter
1954 –
Chris Stamey , American singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer
1955 –
Anne Begg , Scottish educator and politician
1955 –
Rick Buckler , English drummer, songwriter, and producer
[20]
1955 –
Graeme Hughes , Australian cricketer, rugby league player, and sportscaster
1955 –
Tony Woodcock , English footballer
1955 –
Steven Wright , American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
[20]
1956 –
Peter Buck , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
[20]
1956 –
Hans Kammerlander , Italian mountaineer and guide
1956 –
Randy Rhoads , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1982)
1957 –
Adrian Borland , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1999)
1957 –
Andrew Cuomo , American politician, 56th
Governor of New York
[19]
1957 –
Bill Hanzlik , American basketball player and coach
[24]
1958 –
Nick Park , English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
[19]
1959 –
Deborah Estrin , American computer scientist and academic
1959 –
Stephen Hepburn , English politician
1959 –
Satoru Iwata , Japanese game programmer and businessman (d. 2015)
[19]
1959 –
Stephen Muggleton , English computer scientist and engineer
1960 –
Masahiko Katsuya , Japanese journalist and photographer (d. 2018)
1961 –
David Lovering , American drummer
[20]
1961 –
Jonathan Melvoin , American musician (d. 1996)
1961 –
Manuel Reuter , German race car driver
1962 –
Janine Turner , American actress
[20]
1962 –
Ben Watt , English singer-songwriter, musician, author, DJ, and radio presenter
[20]
1963 –
Ulrich Thomsen , Danish actor and producer
1964 –
Mall Nukke , Estonian painter
1965 –
Gordon Durie , Scottish footballer and manager
1966 –
Natascha Badmann , Swiss triathlete
1966 –
Per-Ulrik Johansson , Swedish golfer
1967 –
Judd Apatow , American director, producer, and screenwriter
[20]
1967 –
Helen Greiner , American businesswoman and engineer
1967 –
Arnaldo Mesa , Cuban boxer (d. 2012)
1968 –
Karl Ove Knausgård , Norwegian author
[19]
1968 –
Ali Latifiyan , Iranian writer and political theorist
1968 –
Akihiro Yano , Japanese baseball player
1969 –
Torri Higginson , Canadian actress
1970 –
Ulf Ekberg , Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
[20]
1970 –
Adrian Fenty , American lawyer and politician, 6th
Mayor of the District of Columbia
1970 –
Mark Reckless , English politician
1970 –
Jeff Rouse , American swimmer
1971 –
Craig Brewer , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 –
José Contreras , Cuban baseball player
[25]
1971 –
Richard Krajicek , Dutch tennis player
1971 –
Naozumi Takahashi , Japanese singer and voice actor
1971 –
Carole Thate , Dutch field hockey player
1971 –
Ryan White , American activist (d. 1990)
[19]
1972 –
Ewan Birney , English scientist
[26]
1972 –
Heather Mizeur , American lawyer and politician
1974 –
Jens Pulver , American mixed martial artist and boxer
1974 –
Nick Stajduhar , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 –
Noel Clarke , English actor, director, and screenwriter
1975 –
Adrian García Arias , Mexican footballer
1976 –
Lindsay Price , American actress
[20]
1977 –
Kevin Cash , American baseball player and manager
1977 –
Andrew Flintoff , English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1977 –
Paul McVeigh , Irish footballer
1978 –
Chris Başak , American baseball player
1978 –
Darrell Jackson , American football player
1978 –
Adriana Moisés Pinto , Brazilian basketball player
[27]
1978 –
Ramiro Pez , Argentine rugby player
1979 –
Tim Cahill , Australian footballer
1980 –
Danielle Downey , American golfer and coach (d. 2014)
1980 –
Steve Lovell , English footballer
1980 –
Carlos Takam , Cameroonian-French boxer
1981 –
Federico Balzaretti , Italian footballer
1982 –
Ryan Carnes , American actor and producer
1982 –
Alberto Contador , Spanish cyclist
[19]
1982 –
Sean Ervine , Zimbabwean cricketer
1982 –
Robbie Gould , American football player
[28]
1982 –
Aaron Sandilands , Australian footballer
1982 –
Susie Wolff , Scottish race car driver
1984 –
Syndric Steptoe , American football player
1984 –
Nora Kirkpatrick , American actress and musician
1984 –
Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland
1985 –
Shannon Bobbitt , American basketball player
1985 –
Aristeidis Grigoriadis , Greek swimmer
1985 –
R. P. Singh , Indian cricketer
1986 –
Sean Edwards , English race car driver (d. 2013)
1986 –
Matt Niskanen , American ice hockey player
1988 –
Adam Eaton , American baseball player
1988 –
Ravindra Jadeja , Indian cricketer
[29]
1988 –
Sandra Nurmsalu , Estonian singer and violinist
1988 –
Nils Petersen , German footballer
1988 –
Nobunaga Shimazaki , Japanese voice actor
1989 –
Felix Schiller , German footballer
1990 –
Tamira Paszek , Austrian tennis player
1991 –
Rachel Jarry , Australian basketball player
[30]
1991 –
Milica Mandić , Serbian taekwondo athlete
[31]
1991 –
Coco Vandeweghe , American tennis player
1992 –
Viktor Antipin , Russian ice hockey player
[32]
1992 –
Britt Assombalonga , Congolese footballer
1992 –
Johnny Manziel , American football player
[20]
1993 –
Jasprit Bumrah , Indian cricketer
1993 –
Elián González , Cuban technician, known for a child custody and immigration case held in 2000
[33]
1993 –
Tautau Moga , Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1994 –
Giannis Antetokounmpo , Greek-Nigerian basketball player
[20]
1994 –
Wakatakakage Atsushi , Japanese sumo wrestler
[34]
1994 –
Shreyas Iyer , Indian cricketer
[35]
1995 –
A Boogie wit da Hoodie , American rapper and singer-songwriter
[19]
1996 –
Davide Calabria , Italian footballer
1996 –
Stefanie Scott , American actress and singer
[19]
1997 –
Sabrina Ionescu , American basketball player
[36]
1998 –
Angelīna Kučvaļska , Latvian figure skater
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1616 –
Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi , Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (b. 1552)
1618 –
Jacques Davy Duperron , French cardinal (b. 1556)
1658 –
Baltasar Gracián , Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
1675 –
John Lightfoot , English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602)
1686 –
Eleonora Gonzaga , Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)
1716 –
Benedictus Buns , Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
1718 –
Nicholas Rowe , English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
1746 –
Lady Grizel Baillie , Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
1771 –
Giovanni Battista Morgagni , Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
1779 –
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin , French painter (b. 1699)
1788 –
Jonathan Shipley , English bishop (b. 1714)
1855 –
William John Swainson , English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
1867 –
Jean Pierre Flourens , French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
1868 –
August Schleicher , German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
1878 –
Theodoros Vryzakis , Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
1879 –
Erastus Brigham Bigelow , American businessman (b. 1814)
1882 –
Alfred Escher , Swiss businessman and politician, founded
Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
1882 –
Anthony Trollope , English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
1889 –
Jefferson Davis , American general and politician,
President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
1892 –
Werner von Siemens , German engineer and businessman, founded the
Siemens Company (b. 1816)
1901–present
1918 –
Alexander Dianin , Russian chemist (b. 1851)
1921 –
Said Halim Pasha , Ottoman politician, 280th
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
1924 –
Gene Stratton-Porter , American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
1945 –
Edmund Dwyer-Gray , Irish-Australian politician, 29th
Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
1951 –
Harold Ross , American journalist and publisher, founded
The New Yorker (b. 1892)
1955 –
Honus Wagner , American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
1956 –
B. R. Ambedkar , Indian economist and politician, 1st
Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
1961 –
Frantz Fanon , Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
1964 –
Evert van Linge , Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
1972 –
Janet Munro , English actress and singer (b. 1934)
1974 –
Nikolay Kuznetsov , Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
1976 –
João Goulart , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th
President of Brazil (b. 1918)
1980 –
Charles Deutsch , French engineer and businessman, co-founded
DB (b. 1911)
1982 –
Jean-Marie Seroney , Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927)
1983 –
Lucienne Boyer , French singer and actress (b. 1903)
1983 –
Gul Khan Nasir , Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914)
1985 –
Burr Tillstrom , American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917)
1985 –
Burleigh Grimes , American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)
1985 –
Carroll Cole , American serial killer, arsonist, and cannibal (b. 1938)
[38]
1988 –
Roy Orbison , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
1989 –
Frances Bavier , American actress (b. 1902)
1989 –
Sammy Fain , American pianist and composer (b. 1902)
1989 –
John Payne , American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1912)
1990 –
Pavlos Sidiropoulos , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
1990 –
Tunku Abdul Rahman , Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)
1991 –
Mimi Smith , English nurse (b. 1906)
1991 –
Richard Stone , English economist and statistician,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
1993 –
Don Ameche , American actor (b. 1908)
1994 –
Heinz Baas , German footballer and manager (b. 1922)
1994 –
Gian Maria Volonté , Italian actor and director (b. 1933)
1996 –
Pete Rozelle , American businessman (b. 1926)
1997 –
Willy den Ouden , Dutch swimmer (b. 1918)
1998 –
César Baldaccini , French sculptor and educator (b. 1921)
2000 –
Werner Klemperer , German-American actor (b. 1920)
2000 –
Aziz Mian , Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942)
2001 –
Charles McClendon , American football player and coach (b. 1923)
2002 –
Philip Berrigan , American priest and activist (b. 1923)
2003 –
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio , Guatemalan general and politician,
President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
2005 –
Charly Gaul , Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932)
2005 –
Devan Nair , Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd
President of Singapore (b. 1923)
2005 –
Danny Williams , South African singer (b. 1942)
2005 –
William P. Yarborough , American general (b. 1912)
2006 –
John Feeney , New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922)
2010 –
Mark Dailey , American-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1953)
2011 –
Dobie Gray , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2012 –
Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó , Equatoguinean engineer and politician,
Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961)
2012 –
Jan Carew , Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
2012 –
Jeffrey Koo Sr. , Taiwanese banker and businessman (b. 1933)
2012 –
Huw Lloyd-Langton , English guitarist (b. 1951)
2012 –
Pedro Vaz , Uruguayan lawyer and politician,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (b. 1963)
2013 –
Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers , French poet and critic (b. 1939)
2013 –
Stan Tracey , English pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2013 –
M. K. Turk , American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
2014 –
Ralph H. Baer , German-American video game designer, created the
Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922)
2014 –
Jimmy Del Ray , American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)
2014 –
Fred Hawkins , American golfer (b. 1923)
2014 –
Luke Somers , English-American photographer and journalist (b. 1981)
2015 –
Ko Chun-hsiung , Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (b. 1945)
2015 –
Liu Juying , Chinese general and politician (b. 1917)
2015 –
Nicholas Smith , British actor (b. 1934)
2016 –
Peter Vaughan , British actor (b. 1923)
Holidays and observances
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